Alex Nelson

And just days after the children were pulled from the cave on Tuesday (July 10) it’s been revealed that at least two film companies are looking to make a big screen drama telling the story of the rescue.

‘Heroic bravery’

Producers didn’t waste time in scoping out the story’s potential to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster.

US studio Pure Flix announced that it had producers at the scene interviewing rescue workers before all 13 people had even been brought out.

The company – which specialises in Christian films – was founded by Michael Scott, who now lives in Thailand and claims his wife grew up with Saman Gunan, the former Thai Navy Seal member who lost his life during the mission.

(Photo: Thai Navy via YouTube)

“To see all that heroic bravery in the cave, and to get all the divers out, it’s just such a touching event and so personal to me,” he said in a video on Twitter.

But Ivanhoe Pictures – an LA-based production company – claim they have been given blessing by the Thai government to develop an ‘official’ adaptation.

A #WhiteWashOut?

It’s rumoured that director Jon M Chu will be helming the project, but many on social media have suggested the film could focus more on the white, international characters, rather than the locals at the centre of the story.

Chu downplayed this suggestion, saying on Twitter that he refuses to let “Hollywood #whitewashout the Thai Cave rescue story”.

“No way. Not on our watch. That won’t happen or we’ll give them hell.”

But some social media users shared their predicted casting choices on Twitter: